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W. R. BRUNER.- HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 463,774. Patented Nov.'24', 1891.

measea xmmwby NITED STATES -ATENT \VILLIAM R. BRUNER, OF EXIRA, IOWVA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENSHrUV & SIOKLES, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 463,774, datedNovember 24, 1891. Application filed January 24, 1891. Serial No.378,864. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. BRUNER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Exira, in the county of Audubon and State ofIowa, have invented an Improved Harness-Buckle, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of a frame anda plate, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated by the accompanying drawings,'in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my complete device. Fig. 2 is a view showing amodified form of my device applied, portions be ing broken away toreveal the interior parts. Fig. 3 is a side view showing my completedevice applied to a strap. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a modificationof my device adapted for a trace-buckle.

A represents a three-sided frame made of metal bent into the form shown,and perforated through its end portions.

B represents a metal plate having pivotsB formed thereon and adapted toenter and rotatively operate in the perforations in the frame A. Thisplate may be provided with perforations to admit rivets to attach astrap thereto or not, at the option of the user.

0 represents a tongue of common form formed integral with and projectingupward from the plate Bbetween the pivots B 1) represents a leatherstrap, one end of which is secured to the plate B and the other endportion confined between said plate and the broad portion of the frame'Aby means of the tongue O, which engages in a perforation therein. Theend of the leather strap that overlies the under side of the metal strapor plate B and is doubled around its pivoted end has a perforation thatadmits the tongue (1, and when the other end of the leather strap isconnected with the same tongue 0 by means of a perforation in theleather, the fiat and wide top portion will cover the end of the tongue,and the perforated portion of the leather strap and the buckle will thusbe securely and adjustably and detachably con nected with the strapwithout riveting or sewing.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the plate 13 is provided with twotongues F-and F and in Fig. 5 the plate B has a pair of loops H and 11formed integral therewith, adapting it for use as a trace-buckle.

In the practical use of my invention one strap should'be attached to theplate B and the other strap inserted between the broad part of the frameA and said plate in such a manner as that the tongue 0 will enter aperforation therein. To insert or remove the strap from the buckle, saidstrap must be bent and the frame Abrought into the position indicated bydotted-lines in Fig. 4.

I am aware a curved and open buckle-frame has had bearers at itsparallelsides and a roll and plate hinged thereto, and a tongue on the roll toproject upward to engage a strap extended through the curved frame. I amalso aware that a plate has had a depression in its under side and aneccentric pivoted to its sides to clamp a strap and press it into thedepression or groove in the under side of the frame; but my manner ofconstructing a buckle complete in two parts, so that the smooth-surfacedtop plate of the frame will cover and conceal the tongue on the parthinged thereto, and also cover a portion of a strap that is perforatedand extended under the top of the frame, is novel and advantageous.

I claim as my invention- A11 improved buckle comprising a flat plate B,having two laterally-projecting pivots B at one end and alaterally-projecting loop upon each side near the opposite end, one sideof said plate being provided with two pins O and C projecting therefrom,one of the pins 0 being located at the end having the pivots and theother one C being near the other end, and a flat plate A, havingtriangularshaped ends bent at right angles to the plate and providedwith a perforation adapted to engage with and swing upon the pivots Bsaid plate B being adapted to be inclosed within the short end of theloop of the strap to which the buckle is secured, and the pins O and 0being adapted to project through said covering and to extend into holesin the main portion of said strap,substantially as described.

lVILLIAM R. BRUN ER.

WVitnesses:

J. E. Torr, SAM JOHNSTON.

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